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Garfield Headphone Softie Earpad Covers for Sony MDR-7506 Repair

September 24, 2019 By Eric Reagan

This isn’t really much of a review . . . just a quick note on how to improve your aging headphones.

I’ve had a couple of Sony MDR-7506 industry-standard headphones for over a decade now. One pair I use more regularly than the other, and they’re starting to show some wear and tear on the earpads. I was getting black flaky vinyl crap on my ears and shoulders and they are coming apart at the seams.

To help extend the life of these headphones for a few more years, I picked up a set of Garfield Headphone Softie Earpad Covers from B&H a couple of weeks ago. For $17, they made my decade-old go-to headphones like new again.

There are loads of options for replacement earpads on these headphones. I like the price and comfort of the Garfield Softies. They may even be better than new because my face/ears don’t sweat where the earpads make contact as I did with the original vinyl earpads. Maybe I should have gotten some of these covers sooner…?

Adding the earpad covers to the Sony MDR-7506s is done by simply sliding the covers over the existing earpads. It takes a few seconds and then you’ve got nice, comfortable headphones again.

Again, these are $17 and can be found in several colors here at B&H Photo.

Filed Under: Reviews, Video Production Tagged With: earpads, Garfield, headphones, MDR-7506, Softie, Sony

 

Syrp Genie Mini II Announced

June 27, 2019 By Eric Reagan

The Syrp Genie Mini II is the follow-up to the popular and affordable Genie Mini, which itself was a scaled-down version of the breakthrough Syrp Genie. The Genie Mini II steps up the time-lapse game with new features, including keyframed movement and multi-row panorama. It will also be compatible with upcoming feature releases like auto exposure ramping, time-lapse compiler and camera control. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear, Video Production Tagged With: Genie Mini II, Syrp, Time Lapse

Red Giant Unveils New VFX Suite

June 20, 2019 By Eric Reagan

Red Giant this week released a new VFX Suite featuring loads of visual effects tools for Adobe After Effects. Red Giant VFX Suite offers a powerful toolkit for realistic VFX composites, automatic chroma-keying, lightning-fast and accurate planar tracking, object replacement/removal, photo-realistic glow effects, beautiful prismatic displacement effects and camera-inspired lens flares for visual effects and motion graphics. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Video Production Tagged With: after effects, Red Giant, VFX Suite

DJI Ronin-S DSLR/Mirrorless Gimbal Coming This Month for $699

June 1, 2018 By Eric Reagan

DJI has announced its new Ronin-S gimbal for DSLR and mirrorless cameras, which we first saw back at CES 2018, will be available on June 11 for $699. It’s a more compact gimbal than the larger Ronin models and is designed to handle the payload of a basic DSLR or mirrorless camera and lens (up to an 8 lbs. payload).

It features a single-hand design for the lighter packages and has an offset motor roll for better visibility of the camera’s rear display – and thus, further lightening the load with no need to use an external display. It also offers a number of controls and is compatible with several DJI accessories from prior Ronin models. The battery life is rated for 12 hours of use. Check it out here at B&H Photo.

Filed Under: Video Production Tagged With: DJI, filmmaking, gimbal, Ronin, Ronin-S

Sony’s RX0 Brings Pro Video to a Compact Form-Factor

September 1, 2017 By Eric Reagan

The Sony RX0 is a new category camera for Sony’s growing 1″ sensor format line-up. While the RX0 shares a familiar 20MP 1″ sensor with the likes of other RX-series cameras, it isn’t quite designed as a natural progression of the RX line. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Sony, Video Production Tagged With: action camera, pro video, RX0, Sony

Red Giant Launches Universe 2.1 with New Text Effects

May 12, 2017 By Eric Reagan

Red Giant just announced Universe 2.1, an update to its collection of GPU-accelerated plugins for editors and motion graphics artists. This update is mostly about text effects. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Video Production Tagged With: Red Giant, Universe, video editing

Syrp Genie II Steps up the Motion Timelapse Game

May 5, 2017 By Eric Reagan

Syrp showed off its new Genie II and Magic Carpet Pro at NAB 2017 a couple weeks ago. The Genie II is a 3-axis motion control head that consists of a Linear drive and Pan / Tilt drive, both of which run tangle free using Bluetooth and WiFi. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Video Production Tagged With: Genie II, Magic Carpet Pro, motion control, NAB, NAB 2017, Syrp, timelapse

Premiere Pro CC 2017 Adds a Proper Type Tool, Essential Graphics and Audio Tools

May 5, 2017 By Eric Reagan

Every year when we ask about the aging audio and type tool options, we get a we’re working on some major overhauls to the core program for these features. Well, now it looks like we are finally getting some serious upgrades to both of these features, along with several more. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Adobe, Video Production Tagged With: adobe, NAB, NAB 2017, nle, premiere pro

How to Create the Cinematic Look in Premiere Pro

January 4, 2017 By Eric Reagan

In this video from Peter McKinnon, we get a look at a pretty basic workflow of creating a cinematic look in Adobe Premiere Pro. Across the series of color grading tutorials in this video, he pretty much lives in the Basic Correction panel of Premiere Pro instead of getting into the three-way color wheels, which we commonly see used for emphasizing color in highlights and shadows.

While not the most complex grading method, I think it’s a great starting point for dipping your toes into color grading and getting good results. Of course, it all starts with good footage, which you need to get in-camera first.

[via ISO 1200]

Filed Under: Learn, Video Production Tagged With: color correction, how to, Learn, premiere pro, tip, tutorial, video editing

Magic Bullet Suite 13 Offers Update to All Apps

November 19, 2016 By Eric Reagan

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Red Giant recently announced Magic Bullet Suite 13, which is a major update to the software suite that includes updates to all apps within. The update includes GPU acceleration, color correction with OpenCL support for real-time playback in Adobe Premiere Pro CC, and more key highlights, including: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Software, Video Production Tagged With: Magic Bullet, Red Giant

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